Cindy Kleine

Cindy Kleine is an American film director, producer and video artist.[1]

Cindy Kleine
Born
United States
Alma materTufts University
Bard College
OccupationFilm director, producer, video artist
Spouse(s)
(
m. 2000)

She grew up on Long Island.[2] In 2000, she married actor and filmmaker Andre Gregory. Kleine's 2013 documentary, Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner is about Gregory. The film was funded through Kickstarter.[3][4]

Kleine studied film at The Museum School and, at the now closed, MIT Film/Video Section, studying with Richard Leacock.[1] She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1983 and received a Masters of Fine Arts from Bard College in 1996.[1]

Kleine's films have been shown at many film festivals including Telluride, Seattle, San Francisco and Vancouver.[1] Her films have been shown at The Boston Independent Film Festival, at the It’s All True International Documentary Festival in Brazil, at DOK Leipzig International Festival, and at The Santa Fe International Film Festival. Her film, Doug and Mike, Mike and Doug (1989), about artists Doug and Mike Starn- Starn Twins, was broadcast on PBS POV Film Series.[5]

The film Phyllis and Harold (2008) is about her parents' marriage of fifty-nine years. The film won Best Feature Length Documentary at the World Jewish Film Festival, Ashkelon, Israel, 2009 and the Orson Welles Award for Innovative Filmmaking at the Iowa Independent Film Festival in April 2008. Kleine's other films include Inside Out (2004), Til Death Do Us Part (1998), Secrets of Cindy (1983), Passage (1991) and Holy Matter (1996).

Kleine has worked at Boston College (1985–98), Harvard University (1990–91), School of the Museum of Fine Arts (1996–97) and The New School (1996-98).[1]

References
  1. "Cindy Kleine Official Website". Cindy Kleine.
  2. King, Loren (July 18, 2010). "Documenting her parents' marriage — for better and worse". Boston.com.
  3. Holden, Stephen (April 2, 2013). "Some Dessert, After That Meal With Wally". NYT.
  4. Weisberg, Sam (August 21, 2012). "Cindy Kleine N.Y. filmmaker Cindy Kleine wraps up her latest doc". Screen Comment.
  5. "Doug and Mike, Mike and Doug - Synopsis". PBS POV.
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